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Multiple readings Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back Questions & unknowns · 4 attributable reactions Reaction converging Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender Concern & critique · 6 attributable reactions
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Developing AI business Development 2d ago
⚡ 7 h early
companies pull back from AI rush

Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back

12 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

12 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Lauren Klein Olivia Guest Luke Stark Rachel Coldicutt Marielza Erin Kissane Eileen Clancy 🧿 Daniel Solove +4
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Multiple readings

Questions & unknowns

2 experts

What remains unresolved or contested.

“I am sorry, which company is this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...”

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Microsoft found that “adding agents to a broken process still leaves a broken process” and “speeding up one step just creates a longer queue at the next” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“You could 've asked any experienced information system/tech researchers, & we could have told you what would happen. ”Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back. Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work." w…”

Primary source theguardian.com ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 17d ago
⚡ 4 h early
Gebru Bender AI war risk essay

Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

11 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

11 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru Eryk Salvaggio Luke Stark Tamara Kneese Martin Trapp Karen Gregory The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute +3
How the network is reacting 4 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

4 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to hum…”

Policy & governance

2 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.…”

2 experts discussed this · 5 posts
Emily M. Bender: New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that s…
Luke Stark: New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that s…
Emily M. Bender: Yes we mention this in the article.
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Primary source theguardian.com ↗
Established AI field signal Development 17d ago
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London facial recognition false positive

Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests

4 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Carissa Véliz Rosamunde Van Brakel Mary Branscombe By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

“The most important cost is not the £320,000 and the 100 hours of police time, it's the loss in civil liberties. There is no democracy without privacy, and we erode them both at our peril. More in Privacy Is Power: amzn.eu/d/0gCH29i5 www.theguardian.com/tech…”

“Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert www.theguardian.com/technology/2...”

Primary source theguardian.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 13d ago
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Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Hypervisible Eileen Clancy 🧿 Rosamunde Van Brakel

““…real-time crime centers have not just ALPR cameras and sensors, but video analytics and drones and essentially a way to create a visual single-pane-of-glass vision of what's going on in a city…””

“Tools like Axon Fusus, which is a leader in this type of software, also pull in footage and data from police body cameras, law enforcement dashcams, 911 dispatch, gunshot detectors and surveillance cameras, including sometimes those of private businesses th…”

Primary source npr.org ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 16d ago

Guided inquiry approach to students co designing

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Olivia Guest Rosamunde Van Brakel

“We are discussing this one tomorrow www.emerald.com/aiie/article... and I already got the students reading about a general critique of AI in education by @olivia.science et al for the first lecture: static1.squarespace.com/static/5cf15...”

2 experts discussed this · 8 posts
Rosamunde Van Brakel: Tomorrow I will teach my 2nd lecture of the year for my course Legal, Ethical & Social Issues of AI! For the evaluation, apart from the exam, students will need to write a short paper describing an…
Rosamunde Van Brakel: I have decided to co-create the gen-AI policy for the assignment together with the students. In prepration for this romorrow we will discuss a US study which did exactly this. It will also be inter…
Rosamunde Van Brakel: last week we discussed if AI is going to kill us all. And the students were very engaged in this discussion and it made clear how important it is to keep on emphasising the importance of science, p…
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Primary source emerald.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 16d ago

static1.squarespace.com

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Olivia Guest Rosamunde Van Brakel

“We are discussing this one tomorrow www.emerald.com/aiie/article... and I already got the students reading about a general critique of AI in education by @olivia.science et al for the first lecture: static1.squarespace.com/static/5cf15...”

Primary source static1.squarespace.com ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 9d ago
BBC AI careless use real threat

'Careless use of AI is the real threat - not the ghost stories'

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

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Rosamunde Van Brakel

“Spot on: Meredith Whittaker has little patience for the AI doom that dominates headlines - she thinks warnings of AI turning on humanity is a fear "not anchored in science". www.bbc.com/news/article...”

Primary source bbc.com ↗
Developing AI field signal Signal 2d ago

tijd.be

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

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Rosamunde Van Brakel

“Een publiek debat is nodig maar niet over dit instituut specifiek wel over hoe onderzoek gefinancierd wordt en kwaliteitsbewaking. Onderzoek wordt al lang gefinancierd door belangengroepen en dit zal enkel maar toenemen met de zware bezuinigingen door de Vl…”

Primary source tijd.be ↗